Nature’s self-defense strategy for global skin protection and repair

Ectoin® is a very powerful natural stress-protection molecule, a so called "extremolyte". This multifunctional active ingredient is able to prevent cell damage and inflammation caused by all sorts of stress factors, thereby preserving the skin´s beauty and health. Ectoin® utilizes a scientific and comprehensive approach to efficient anti-aging and skin protection by repairing and improving damaged, aged, stressed and irritated skin.

Mode of action

Origin/Source

Ectoin® is the self-defense and survival substance of extremophilic microorgansims living in hostile environments such as deserts, salt lakes, arctic ice, the deep sea or hot springs. Ectoin® was discovered in 1985, when a German scientist investigated microorganisms, which he surprisingly found in a salt lake in Wadi El Natrun (Egyptian desert).

Production process

bitop´s Ectoin® is exclusively manufactured at our German plant in Witten by a biotechnological fermentation process using a specific, non-GMO strain of the halophilic bacteria Halomonas elongata. The entire process is subject to a certified quality management system according to DIN EN ISO 13485.